# Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation ## Definition Computing research consortium formed in 1982 and led by Bobby Ray Inman. Its selection of Austin in 1983 joined national technology competition with a coordinated university, state, and industry offer. ## Regional role Austin’s technology economy gained major capacity through coordinated institutional choices. MCC combined strategic computing demand with a regional offer; SEMATECH joined federal and industry investment in domestic manufacturing capability. The article reads those placements as a repeatable pattern in which university infrastructure, public purpose, and industry form an effective instrument. ## Relationships - **led by:** [[wiki/Bobby Ray Inman|Bobby Ray Inman]]. - **site-selection architecture:** [[wiki/Fused University–State–Industry Action|Fused University–State–Industry Action]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#The Admiral Who Chose Austin|Austin defense-tech article — The Admiral Who Chose Austin]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [Wikipedia, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectronics_and_Computer_Technology_Corporation) - [Texas Monthly, Why Bobby Ray Inman Left MCC](https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/why-bobby-ray-inman-left-mcc/) ## Connected Austin capabilities [[wiki/Fused University–State–Industry Action|Fused University–State–Industry Action]], [[wiki/Bobby Ray Inman|Bobby Ray Inman]], [[wiki/Strategic Computing Consortium|Strategic Computing Consortium]], [[wiki/Japanese State-Coordinated Computing Competition|Japanese State-Coordinated Computing Competition]], [[wiki/Ross Perot|Ross Perot]], [[wiki/Silicon Hills as National-Security Industrial Policy|Silicon Hills as National-Security Industrial Policy]]. These entries identify associated implementations, people, methods, and institutional contexts in [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]] supplies their regional arrangement; [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] supplies the wider supplier and participation economy.